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| | One of my Common Folder is stuck in an unwanted location I've 2 logical drives with D: meant for for data. C: was running out of space, so I moved all the Common Folders (Documents, Pictures, Videos, Links etc) onto D: drive (eg D:\Documents)...but accidentally for Downloads it was direct in D:\ root. So when I open my personal folder, for Downloads it is replaced with the D: drive icon (replaced the usual green/blue Downloads folder icon) consisting of every data folders plus the recently moved Common Folders. So messy. I wanted to restore the Downloads common folder back to default "C:\Users\Steve\Downloads" but Vista won't let me with an error message: Failed to build the list of regular subfolders under "D:\System Volume Information" Access is denied. It's driving me nuts, no one including MS tech support can help. I need an easy solution, can you help me please? -- Steve |
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: One of my Common Folder is stuck in an unwanted location I've 2 logical drives with D: meant for for data. C: was running out of space, so I moved all the Common Folders (Documents, Pictures, Videos, Links etc) onto D: drive (eg D:\Documents)...but accidentally for Downloads it was direct in D:\ root. So when I open my personal folder, for Downloads it is replaced with the D: drive icon (replaced the usual green/blue Downloads folder icon) consisting of every data folders plus the recently moved Common Folders. So messy. I wanted to restore the Downloads common folder back to default "C:\Users\Steve\Downloads" but Vista won't let me with an error message: Failed to build the list of regular subfolders under "D:\System Volume Information" Access is denied. It's driving me nuts, no one including MS tech support can help. I need an easy solution, can you help me please? -- Steve See if this tutorial will help you relocate your Downloads folder back to the default location. The Shell command will be "shell:downloads" (no quotes). You will probable have to change the registry settings to the default location to. (See the top of the tutorial) Personal User Shell Folders - Move Location Shawn |
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